The Pioneers community is one of the five communities at Tong High School. All the communities at Tong High School contain students from Years 7 to 13 and is divided into two teams named after inspirational Yorkshire people.
The Pioneers teams are named after Captain James Cook, the famous Royal Navy explorer from Whitby and Amy Johnson from Hull, the first woman to fly solo from England to Australia.
 Captain James Cook |
 Amy Johnson |
The Community Team
The Student Progress Leader
The Student Progress Leader oversees the educational and academic progress of each and every student in the community using a variety of tracking, target setting and monitoring tools. For the Pioneers the SPL is Mr C. Hickling. A full Community Meeting, with a dual focus of silent reflection on a relevant topic or event and celebrating student achievement is held by the SPL every Wednesday.
The Team Leaders
The Team Leaders manage the pastoral welfare and attendance of all students in their team. Each team contains 6 Tutor Teams made up of students from all years.
The Team Leader for Cook is Mrs E. Lumb and the Team Leader for Johnson is Mrs E. Tolan.
The Team Tutors
Each Tutor Team is staffed by one or two Team Tutors. The Team Tutors meet with their tutor group for thirty minutes each day apart from Wednesday. Each tutor looks after the pastoral welfare and attendance of the students in their team and holds a regular assertive mentoring meeting with every child to discuss their academic progress and set targets to improve achievement.
Leadership Team Links
Ms T. Feiweles & Mr J. Armstrong.
Team Tutors
| PC1 | Miss L. Vo | PJ1 | Miss A. Dawson |
| PC2 | Miss R. Muir | PJ2 | Mr J. Murby |
| PC3 | Mr N. McMahon | PJ3 | Miss V. Galloway-Place |
| PC4 | Mrs S. Harington | PJ4 | Miss L. Peel |
| PC5 | Miss L. Parker | PJ5 | Mr R. Towler |
| PC6 | Mr J. Baddeley | PJ6 | Mr M. Campbell |
Student Leadership
Each Tutor Team selects a Student Leader and a Team Captain by secret ballot each autumn. They support their tutors in organising the every day activities of the class and the Student Leader also represents the views of the students at the Community Council and, if elected, the Executive Council. The Executive Council also have the opportunity to stand for the post of School Ambassador.
| Tutor Team | Captain | Student Leader | Tutor Team | Captain | Student Leader |
| PC1 | PJ1 | ||||
| PC2 | PJ2 | ||||
| PC3 | PJ3 | ||||
| PC4 | PJ4 | ||||
| PC5 | PJ5 | ||||
| PC6 | PJ6 |
Extra Curricular Activies
The Pioneers Charity
Our community currently supports two charities.
We are recycling old mobile phones and printer cartridges as well as collecting foreign currency to raise money for Help the Aged/Age Concern.
We are also continuing to raise money to support students at our partner school, Masaka Secondary School in Uganda. We hold regular collections and fund raising events and students are encouraged to donate some of their Vivo points to the school in Uganda.
Student Achievements
Student achievements are regularly Celebrated within the Pioneers community. Each term students recieve certificates and rewards for effort and attendance. Students can also receive a reward known as a ‘Friday Six’ for exceptional effort and achievement.
Attendance
Our community is constantly working to improve our attendance. Tutor groups who ahow improved attendance are rewarded. For example the tutor group with the best attendance figures are treated to a free breakfast.
Rewards
Students can earn Vivo reward points in many ways, for example; attendance, academic progress, participation in extra curricular activities etc. All Pioneers students are encouraged to earn as many Vivo points as possible and individual students, tutor teams and the five communities are in competition to be top of the Vivo league each week. Vivo points can be exchanged online for a variety of rewards. Every Friday afternoon the Team Leaders and Headteacher reward students who have been recognised by their teachers as making an outstanding effort or producing particularly good work. Vivo points, rewards and certificates of achievement are celebrated weekly in our community meeting.